When Jimmy Carter Came to the Theater
I never met Jimmy Carter, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former President who died Sunday at 100. But I was at Arena Stage in D.C. for the premiere of a play…
Tuesday TV: Let All the Nail-Biting Begin
Of course you’ve voted already. Now comes the Election Night Coverage (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, Fox News, 8 p.m.) — with many starting hours early,…
Also Tonight: Revisiting Reconstruction
One of the most important, but least told aspects of American history, is that of the time that came immediately after the Civil War. Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s latest history…
Fast Times at Georgetown Prep: The Soundtrack
As the FBI begins its one week investigation into high school allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, one question it likely won’t be looking into is the one that’s…
Nixon Introduces Jane Fonda Documentary
The lengthy documentary “Jane Fonda in Five Acts” (HBO, 8 p.m.) begins not with any men who define four of the five “acts” in which the film is divided. It…
A Quick End for ‘Roseanne’
“Roseanne” was never as political as all the writing about the show. It actually seemed to make sense that her old working class character, resurrected after 20 years, might be…
When David Cassidy Met Donald Trump
The last time I talked to David Cassidy, the forever young teen idol who died this week at 67, we chatted a bit about the unlikely guy who would become…
Franken Cut From Letterman Salute
When it comes time, finally for the honoree at “The Mark Twain Awards: David Letterman” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings), to take the stage after 90 minutes of praise…
Homework for a Nation: ‘The Vietnam War’
There is something undoubtedly daunting about “The Vietnam War” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings), the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick epic that begins the first of its 10 episodes…
McCain and Kerry Agree on Vietnam
There will be scores of community talk-backs associated with the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick opus "The Vietnam War" that starts Sunday on PBS. Perhaps none will be as prestigious as the one…